[b-hebrew] hiriq, tzereh, dagesh

Regrettably, by choice, you dismiss basic facts of
Semitics. I refer to what you've written below, and
also about assimilation of consonants and the resultant
doubling - dagesh - in some cases. As well as to othe
r matters.
Only when basic facts are acknlowledged, can theories,
opinions or speculations be discussed.
I wish you, and all list members, happy holidays.
Uri Hurwitz Great Neck, NY
< There is not
a shred of evidence to the "exact opposite" claim that the dagesh
marks an obsolete (and apparently bizarre) vocal doubling of a
consonant.
Isaac Fried, Boston University >